Fwd: Fwd: [ale] Miguel de Icaza and Mono?

[Geoffrey]

Carolinux.com wrote:
>>>http://cygnome2.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>As I noted to you in private email, this is gnome on top of cygnome, not
>>exactly the same thing.
>>
> 
> True. But CygWin allows me as a developer to write code for both
> platforms using a single source tree.  That's a biggy.
> And in the spirit of Larry Wall, there's more than one way to do it:
> 
> QT
> 
> Kylix
> 
> (may be others) 
> 
> I like the choices OSS brings to the table. I like that I can run gcc
> on either platform. And it is a very easy sell to my Windows clients
> when I can convert them over, via CygWin/X and Gnome2, to a Linux-like
> environment... They then agree to go all the way...


No argument there.  My approach is to move them by way of either 
OpenOffice and/or Crossover Office.  Once they are comfortable with this 
move, then it's time to show them a more stable/secure OS.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995